You can't say, "Oh, this library has that feature!" Thats not good enough. It has to be built-in, not optional, core to the language CPAN is core to the Perl l

You can't say, "Oh, this library has that feature!" Thats not good enough. It has to be built-in, not optional, core to the language CPAN is core to the Perl language and deliberately so. If you don't like this ethos then Perl isn't a "language" you should consider.